diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d03ac08..fd579ab2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 ### Features added
 ### Backward-incompatible changes
 ### Bug fixes
+- Allowed "exact text" searching (the first search option) using just
+  whitespace.
 ### Performance enhancements
 - Removed some unused data from `qurro/tests/`.
 ### Miscellaneous
diff --git a/qurro/support_files/js/feature_computation.js b/qurro/support_files/js/feature_computation.js
index 2a89bdbf..a66211a2 100644
--- a/qurro/support_files/js/feature_computation.js
+++ b/qurro/support_files/js/feature_computation.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ define(function() {
             throw new Error("featureMetadataField not found in data");
         } else if (searchType !== "text" && searchType !== "rank") {
             throw new Error('searchType must be either "text" or "rank"');
-        } else if (inputText.trim().length === 0) {
+        } else if (inputText.length === 0) {
             return [];
         }
 
diff --git a/qurro/tests/web_tests/tests/test_filter_features.js b/qurro/tests/web_tests/tests/test_filter_features.js
index 6e2e3cb6..82d40237 100644
--- a/qurro/tests/web_tests/tests/test_filter_features.js
+++ b/qurro/tests/web_tests/tests/test_filter_features.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ define(["feature_computation", "mocha", "chai", "testing_utilities"], function(
                 );
             });
 
-            it("Doesn't find anything if inputText is empty or contains only whitespace", function() {
+            it("Doesn't find anything if inputText is empty, but can do just-text-searching using whitespace", function() {
                 chai.assert.isEmpty(
                     feature_computation.filterFeatures(
                         rpJSON1,
@@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ define(["feature_computation", "mocha", "chai", "testing_utilities"], function(
                         "text"
                     )
                 );
+                chai.assert.sameMembers(
+                    testing_utilities.getFeatureIDsFromObjectArray(
+                        feature_computation.filterFeatures(
+                            rpJSON1,
+                            " ",
+                            "Feature ID",
+                            "text"
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    inputFeatures
+                );
             });
             it("Ignores actual null values", function() {
                 // Feature 6's Taxonomy value is "null", while Feature 7's